Experiments in the Revival of Organisms: Soviet science propaganda film blandly ignores a horrifying truth
D I Yashin, “Experiments in the Revival of Organisms” (1940) A curious short documentary from
The Mark of Cain (dir. Alix Lambert): excellent documentary on prisons and prison life in Russia
Alix Lambert, “The Mark of Caïn” (2000) Ostensibly a film about the declining custom of
Young and Innocent: a girl finds truth and wisdom through deception in light-hearted crime thriller comedy
Alfred Hitchcock, “Young and Innocent” (1938) A plucky teenage girl aids a young man on
Tabloid: entertaining portrait of an eccentric obsessive doesn’t delve deeply into media culture and social values
Errol Morris, “Tabloid” (2010) Errol Morris’s documentaries fall into two camps: a serious one (“Fog
WikiRebels: competent documentary on Wikileaks brushes the surface to maintain “balance”
Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist, “WikiRebels” (2010) Made for Sveriges Television AB (SVT), this documentary
The Way of All Flesh: a broad introduction to an unlikely heroine in the history of medical research
Adam Curtis, “The Way of All Flesh” (1997) As told in this fascinating documentary, the
The Living Dead (Episode 2: You have used Me as a Fish long enough): informative enough for a general audience
Adam Curtis “The Living Dead (Episode 2: You have used Me as a Fish long enough)”
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Episode 1: Love and Power): film cherry-picks facts to fit its premise
Adam Curtis, “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Episode 1: Love and Power)”
The Awakening: tasty little film of death and how suddenly it comes
Ignacio Cerdà, Ethan Jacobson, Francisco Stohr, “The Awakening” (1991) This 8-minute short is the first
French and French-language Films
The Page Turner: a pleasing though cool psychological study of revenge through music
Denis Dercourt, “The Page Turner” / “La Tourneuse de Pages” (2006) A cool, elegant psychological